سیلان
See also: سيلان
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic سَيَلَان (sayalān).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /sa.ja.ˈlaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [sä.jä.lɑːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sæ.jæ.lɒːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sä.jä.lɔn]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | sayalān |
| Dari reading? | sayalān |
| Iranian reading? | sayalân |
| Tajik reading? | sayalon |
Noun
سَیَلان • (sayalân)
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /saj.ˈlaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säj.lɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [sej.lɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [säj.lɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | saylān |
| Dari reading? | saylān |
| Iranian reading? | seylân |
| Tajik reading? | saylon |
Proper noun
سیلان • (seylân)
- (historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia)
- Synonym: سراندیپ (sarândip)
Descendants
- → Armenian: սեյլան (seylan, “garnet”), սելյան (selyan), սելան (selan), սիլան (silan), սէյլան (sēylan), սէլեան (sēlean), սէլան (sēlan) — traditional orthography
- → Georgian: სეილანი (seilani)
- → Old French: Seilan
- → Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (Seylan, “Ceylon”), سیلان تاشی (Seylan taşı, “garnet”)
- Turkish: Seylan, Seylan taşı
- → Tatar: сәйлән (säylän)
- → Malay: Sailan, selan
Further reading
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “سیلان”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 717